The New York Times best-selling author Stephanie Laurens has created her most provocative love story-and amazing hero-to date. Michael Anstruther- Wetherby is a man destined for power. But Michael lacks the single most important element of success: a wife. Michael searches for his ideal bride, a gently bred, malleable young lady, preferably one with a political background and discovers such a paragon, but finds a formidable obstacle in his path.